Fatwa ID: 06928

Answered by: Maulana Burhaan Rahman  

Question:

I often get waswas telling me there’s holes in my extremely large prayer dress say I was praying in this for more than a month would all these need to be repeated even if there was a vest or shirt or leggings underneath?

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

Answer:

We pray all the time and ask Allah SWT to save us from the whispers of the devil and shayaateen.

Our beloved prophet (SAW) has mentioned:

إنَّ اللَّهَ تَجَاوَزَ لِي عَنْ أُمَّتِي مَا وَسْوَسَتْ بِهِ صُدُورُهَا، مَا لَمْ تَعْمَلْ أَوْ تَكَلَّمْ

“Verily Allah has pardoned my ummah for what crosses their minds, so long as they do not do it or speak of it.” [Bukhari Hadeeth no: 2528]

Sometimes we might get wasawis and have bad thoughts temporarily but Allah will forgive us for that Inshaa Allah as long as it doesn’t hinder or change our good actions.

There is no need to repeat the prayers as this is just a mere doubt that has passed by your thoughts. As the sacred law of legal maxim states:

اليقين لا يزول باالشك

“Certainty is not removed away by mere doubt”.

Only Allah knows best.

Written by Maulana Burhaan Rahman

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

Darul Ifta Birmingham